Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are tools that are used to uniquely identify people, organisations, and other objects (e.g., books, articles, datasets) in a scholarly communication system. This website provides information about persistent identifiers and the types of support for them at the national level.
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October 8, 2025
DOI registration agency DataCite announced these changes to its APIs: DataCite API Rate LimitsQ3 2025read moreDataCite Metadata Normalization ChangesQ1 2026read…
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Meeting agenda: Wednesday November 12th Community Update: The Story of DataCite in 2025Join us to review the projects and activities…
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The National Center for Persistent Identifiers at the National Library of Technology invited representatives of member institutions to this year's…
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In their recently published text, Ted Habermann and Erin Robinson from the organization Metadata Game Changers focused on analyzing examples…
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